core.formatdate | Medplum

formatDate() function

Formats a FHIR date string as a human readable string. Handles missing values and invalid dates.

Signature:

export declare function formatDate(date: string | undefined, locales?: Intl.LocalesArgument, options?: Intl.DateTimeFormatOptions): string;

Parameters [​](/content/docs/sdk/core.formatdate#parameters "Direct link to Parameters"/index.html)

Parameter Type Description
date string | undefined The date to format.
locales Intl.LocalesArgument (Optional) Optional locales.
options Intl.DateTimeFormatOptions (Optional) Optional date format options.

Returns:

string

The formatted date string.